Sikorsky UH-60
Black Hawk
Role Utility helicopter
Manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft
First flight 17 October 1974
Introduction 1979
Status In service
Primary users United States Army
Republic of Korea Armed Forces
Japan Self-Defense Forces
Colombian Armed Forces
Produced 1974–present
Number built 5,000 by January 2023
Developed from Sikorsky S-70
Variants Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk
Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk
Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk
Mitsubishi H-60
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History Sikorsky
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
In the late 1960s, the United States Army began forming requirements for a helicopter to replace the UH-1 Iroquois, and designated the program as the Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS). The Army also initiated the development of a new, common turbine engine for its helicopters that would become the General Electric T700. Based on experience in Vietnam, the Army required significant performance, survivability and reliability improvements from both UTTAS and the new powerplant. The Army released its UTTAS request for proposals (RFP) in January 1972. The RFP also included air transport requirements. Transport within the C-130 limited the UTTAS cabin height and length
The UH-60 features four-blade main and tail rotors, and is powered by two General Electric T700 turboshaft engines.[26] The main rotor is fully articulated and has elastomeric bearings in the rotor head. The tail rotor is canted and features a rigid crossbeam. The helicopter has a long, low profile shape to meet the Army's requirement for transporting aboard a C-130 Hercules, with some disassembly. It can carry 11 troops with equipment, lift 2,600 pounds (1,200 kg) of cargo internally or 9,000 pounds (4,100 kg) of cargo (for UH-60L/M) externally by sling0
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General Info
- Crew: 2 pilots + 2 crew chiefs/gunners
- Capacity: 3,190 lb (1,450 kg) of cargo internally, including 11 seated troops or 6 stretchers, or 9,000 lb (4,100 kg) of cargo externally
- Length: (19.76 m) including rotors
- Fuselage length: 50 ft 1 in (15.27 m)
- Width: 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
- Height: 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m)
- Empty weight: 12,511 lb
- Max takeoff weight: (9,979 kg)
Powerplant
- Powerplant: 2 × General Electric T700-GE-701C/D turboshaft engines, 1,994 shp ( each
- Main rotor diameter: (16.36 m)
- Main rotor area: 2,260 sq ft (210 m2)
- Blade section: root: Sikorsky SC2110; tip: Sikorsky SSC-A09
Specifications
- Maximum speed: 159 kn (183 mph, 294 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 152 kn (175 mph, 282 km/h) maximum range at 18,000 lb
- Never exceed speed: 357 km/h)
- Combat range: , 590 km)
- Ferry range: 1,199 nmi (1,380 mi, 2,221 km) with ESSS stub wings and external tanks[
- Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,800 m)
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Guns:
- 2 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M240 machine guns
- 2 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M134 minigun or
- 2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) GAU-19 gatling guns
- Hardpoints: 4, 2 per ESSS stub wings
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The UH-60 entered service with the U.S. Army's 101st Combat Aviation Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division in June 1979.[92] The U.S. military first used the UH-60 in combat during the invasion of Grenada in 1983.
Sikorsky UH-60
Black Hawk
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